>> ASPECT OF THE CORONADO BRIDGE, THE TRAIN.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE FROM THE PADRES.

AS A PROFESSOR AT LONDON UNIVERSITY, HE SEES MORE LINES, FORMS, SHAPES THAT UNFOLD SAN DIEGO'S STORY.

>> YOU CAN THINK OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IS THE INSPIRATION AND THE WRITING ON THE WALL AS A POEM, A REFLECTION, A CREATIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE THINGS THAT ARE INTERPRETING AND INFLUENCING THE ARTIST.

I THINK A LOT OF SAN DIEGO STUFF, JUST SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THE CITY, I LOVE MY CITY.

>> THE ARTIST COPING TO THE MURAL WITH HIS FRIEND HASSELL IN 2017.

>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST SIX YEARS, AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN RUNNING, THEY SAY PEOPLE LOVE IT.

>> SHE HAS WORKED FOR AND OFFERING OF THE SOUL OF MANY MURALS, RA KPEDI, SCULPTURES, STATUES, INSTALLATIONS AND OTHER PIECES THAT MARK INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE PUBLIC OR ITS PURPOSE IS LAYERED AND CAN ADD BEAUTY.

>> YOU CAN CHALLENGE US ON A NUMBER OF POLITICAL, SOCIAL, OR ANY CAN SEXUAL ISSUE ALTOGETHER.

>> IT COULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH MORE DEPTH, VIBRANCE, GOOD PUBLIC ART IN PARTS RUSH INSIGHTS, INVITES REPEATED VISITS, HE SAYS.

>> LIKE A CONVERSATION WITH AN OLD FRIEND THAT'S FULL OF SURPRISES.

>> WITHOUT IT, THE WORLD IS DRAB >> WHAT WOULD YOU WITHOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY?

>> CHRISTIAN JONES IS CHIEF OF ART STRATEGIES AT THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO.

>> THE WORK GOES BEYOND AESTHETICS.

>> IT'S WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE.

THE INNATE ABILITY TO SUPPORT BELONGING, A SENSE OF PRIDE.

>> SOME THAT ARTISTS INSTALL IN PUBLIC PLACES AND THEN THERE IS ART COMMISSIONED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

SAN DIEGO'S PUBLIC ART BUDGET THIS YEAR IS $5.7 MILLION.

IT'S COLLECTION TOTALS NEARLY 800 ARTWORKS.

SOME OF JONES FAVORITE PUBLIC ART CAN BE SEEN INSIDE THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY.

>> SOMEBODY GOING INTO THIS ELEVATOR AND IT BEING LAUNCHED INTO THIS DISCOVERY OF YOU KNOW, ENCYCLOPEDIC NEIGHBOR -- NATURE OF WHAT A LIBRARY IS.

>> STEP OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY AND PUBLIC ART ABOUNDS IN THE REGION.

THE WHIMSICAL.

THINK THE EXAGGERATED SCULPTURE OF AN ALLIGATOR OUT SIDE THE MINGO MUSEUM.

THE PARTICIPATORY MOSAIC OF COMMUNITY FACES, NAMED A PLACE TO COME HOME AT SOUTH CREST TRAILS PARK.

THE STARTLING, SUCH AS THE TINY HOUSE TITLED: START.

THE ENGINEERING BUILDING AT THE TOP OF UCSD.

COLORFUL AND CAPTIVATING.

THE ICONIC CHICANO PARK WITH ITS MURALS PICTURING HISTORY, CULTURE AND KEY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.

JIM CALLS THE AREA IS PUBLIC ART ROBUST, FINDING IT SIMILAR TO A SCAVENGER HUNT.

>> WE OFTEN DO NOT SEE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US AND WE NEED TO GET OUT OF OUR CARS AND WALK.

>> BACK AT THE AMERICA'S FINEST CITY MURAL, STREET PERFORMER JAMES HAVOC HEATS THE CREDO.

HE SAYS HE PASSES A MURAL EACH DAY ON HIS WAY TO A NEARBY WALMART AND IS AFFECTED BY WHAT HE SEES.

>> IT CALLS TO ME.

IT MAKES ME FEEL KIND OF LIKE THE HOME IS, YOU KNOW.

EVERY DAY I PASS BY YOUR TO GO TO WALMART.

IT IS GOOD, LIKE I SAID, A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

>> KPBS NEWS.

>>> WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT PIECES OF PUBLIC ART WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT?

YOU CAN TELL US AT KPBS.ORG/PUBLICART .

STORIES ON PUBLIC ART AND SAN DIEGO ARE OUR MOST POPULAR ONLINE THIS WEEK.

HERE ARE SOME OTHERS.

>>> SANDY AKINS RECLAIM 66 RAZORS AKERS OF ABANDONED FREEWAY.

HUNDREDS MAKE HISTORY WITH THE FIRST SIDEWALK.

WE WILL HAVE THAT COMING UP SHORTLY.

>>> $40,000 TO HELP WITH A DOWN PAYMENT.

TRYING TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR IN SAN DIEGO.

THE LATEST CLASS OF SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER HOPEFULS IS JUST STARTING TO TRAIN, BEING LED BY SOMEONE UNCONVENTIONAL, HE WAS ALREADY MAKING POSITIVE CHANGES.

KPBS REPORTER KITTY ALVARADO HAS HER STORY.

>> Reporter: WELCOME TO DAY TWO OF THE POLICE ACADEMY AT THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING AND ATTITUDE.

NEW RECRUITS ARE PUSHED TO THEIR LIMITS TO PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT THEY WILL ENCOUNTER ON THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND BEYOND.

>> AT THE GO?

>> AND TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS AS ONE OF SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FINEST.

OFFICER LISA HARTMAN.

>> WE WANT REPETITION, OKAY?

>> I WAS TOLD BY PEOPLE WHO I KNEW AND WORKED FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH AS A WOMAN.

>> THERE IS GOING TO BE PAIN WITH THIS PROFESSION, SWEAT, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROFESSION.

>> SHE COMMANDS RESPECT IN A PROFESSION DOMINATED BY STRAIGHT WHITE MEN.

THIS TWENTY-YEAR ENFORCEMENT VETERAN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE POLICE ACADEMY.

>> I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO USE MY MASTERS DEGREE IN EXERCISE SCIENCE IN THIS CAPACITY BUT HERE I AM, RUNNING THE PHYSICAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE NEW KIDS AS WELL AS MENTAL ILLNESS.

>> YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT, MENTAL ILLNESS.

BEING PHYSICALLY STRONG USED TO BE WHAT MATTERED MOST AS A COP.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT.

>> BACK WHEN I WAS A COP, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT.

WE HAD, HEY, YOU COME TO WORK YOU DO YOUR JOB.

ANYTHING YOU SEE HERE, ANY TRAUMA THAT YOU GO THROUGH ARTWORK, FIGURE OUT HOW TO DEAL WITH IT.

THAT WAS KIND OF THE MENTALITY.

>> THE NEW MENTALITY, YOUR LIFE ALSO DEPENDS ON LEARNING HOW TO COPE WITH WHAT YOU SEE EXPERIENCE AND FEEL ON THE JOB.

THIS HAS BECOME STANDARD TRAINING.

HARTMAN HELPED USHER IN THAT CHANGE FIVE YEARS AGO.

>> THE TWO HOUR BLOCK.

LEARN HOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH IN THIS CAREER.

>> THEY QUICKLY FOUND IT MADE A DIFFERENCE SO THEY INCORPORATE EVEN MORE TIME IN THE NEXT ACADEMY.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, PEOPLE WHO WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE 54% MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF SUICIDE THAN ANY OTHER JOB.

EXCEPT FIREFIGHTING.

AND FOR WOMEN ON THE FORCE, IT IS EVEN HIGHER.

>> I STILL SUFFER FROM THE THINGS I'VE SEEN.

AND IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

WILL IT BE THERE WHEN I RETIRE?

PROBABLY TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

IT IS TRULY A CAREER THAT STICKS WITH YOU.

IT IS TOUGH.

IT IS A TOUGH CAREER.

>> SHE SAYS TEACHING THESE NEW RECRUITS HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND DEAL WITH MENTAL STRESS BEFORE IT BECOMES DESTRUCTIVE WILL NOT ONLY MAKE THEM BETTER OFFICERS BUT CAN SAVE THEIR LIVES AND OTHERS, TOO.

>> WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM FOR LONGEVITY, TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

TO REALLY BE AWARE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT AS BEST WE CAN AND LET THESE KIDS KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY TO GO ASK FOR HELP AND IT'S OKAY TO LET YOUR SERGEANT KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I AM HAVING A HARD TIME.

>> Reporter: RECENTLY RETIRED CHIEF SARAH CREIGHTON SAYS WHAT THEY LEARN IS IMPORTANT AS WHO IS DOING THE TRAINING.

>> THEY NEED TO BE EMPATHETIC AND COMPASSIONATE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY REQUIRED OF POLICE OFFICERS.

>> HARTMAN BRINGS THAT IN MORE.

>> Reporter: SOMEONE WHO CAN GO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE AT THEIR ABSOLUTE WORST.

SHE REFLECTS ON HER CAREER AND SAYS IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT YOU ON AND OFF THE JOB YOU MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> YOU HAVE IMPACTED ME BY FAR MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THIS DEPARTMENT AND I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE HERE AND I FEEL BLESSED FOR YOUR WORDS.

>> THE CONFIDENCE IN HER ABILITY TO LEAD HERE COMES FROM KNOWING SHE IS NOT JUST RESPECTED BUT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH HER CARE ABOUT HER.

EVERYTHING ABOUT HER.

SHE HAS TWO SONS, A GRANDSON AND A PARTNER.

>> JUST LIKE WITH MY BOYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I AM VERY LUCKY AND VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE.

SHE IS THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE.

>> FOR YEARS, SHE DID NOT SHARE THAT WITH ANYONE.

NOT EVEN HER FAMILY.

>> IT IS STIFLING.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE A PIECE OF YOU.

>> Reporter: SHE SAYS DIVERSIFYING LEADERSHIP ROLES SENDS A MESSAGE OF HOPE TO PEOPLE SUFFERING IN SILENCE.

>> THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, BLACK, MUSLIM, WHATEVER, IF THEY SEE PEOPLE IN THOSE POSITIONS, HOPEFULLY, IT EMPOWERS THEM AND MAKES THEM FEEL LIKE A, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN DO THAT.

ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING.

>> THAT WILL HELP DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING, TOO.

>> IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE SO MANY OF US ARE THE GOOD ONES.

THE FEW BAD ONES MAKE IT VERY CHALLENGING.

WE ARE STILL GETTING RECRUITS.

IT'S NOT A LEVEL IN WHICH WE ARE USED TO.

>> Reporter: THE IMPACT IS EVIDENT IN THIS 135th POLICE ACADEMY.

THIS CLASS HAS TWICE THE NUMBER OF FEMALE RECRUITS THAN THE AVERAGE.

RECRUIT BRENDA SOTO MAYOR SAYS IT HAS ALLOWED HER TO DREAM BIG AND >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THE WAY.

THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US.

IT REALLY MOTIVATES US AND SEEING FEMALES IN ROLES LIKE YOURS INSPIRES US.

>> IF I GET TO ONE RECRUIT, I FEEL LIKE I'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

>> CITY ALVARADO, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THESE STORIES THAT YOU SEE ON KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.

SUBSCRIBE AND GET NOTIFICATIONS FOR NEW CONTENT THERE.

OUR PAGE AND NEWS AND ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING LIKE KEN KRAMER'S "ABOUT SAN DIEGO."

IT IS ALSO WHERE WE BROADCAST EVENING ADDITION AT:00 P.M. >>> IT IS PRIDE MONTH.

SOME CELEBRATIONS ARE HAPPENING IN PLACES THAT HAVE GONE WITHOUT IN YEARS PAST.

THAT INCLUDES ONE HOME THAT HAS DEALT WITH ITS OWN TENSIONS IN RECENT MONTHS.

WE VISITED THE PRIDE WALK.

>> Reporter: PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY WERE OVERWHELMINGLY EXCITED.

THE CITY IS THE NAMED FOR ITS CONNECTION TO HATE GROUPS.

PROTESTS SHUT DOWN PART OF THE YMCA AFTER A JIM GOBERT TOLD THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT SHE WAS AFRAID WHEN A TRANS-WOMAN USED THE WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOM.

ONE ATTENDEE, A POLITICAL SCIENCE TEACHER, AND CALLED IT ASTROTURF IN.

MOBILIZING TO CREATE THE IMAGE OF PUBLIC CONSENSUS WHERE THERE IS NONE.

THAT PUBLIC DISPLAY OF ANTI- LGBT SENTIMENT IS PART OF WHAT PROMPTED THE CHURCH TO HOST THE PRIDE WALK.

>> I THINK THAT IS A SMALL BUT VOCAL SEGMENT.

THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IS CARING AND WE ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE.

>> HUNDREDS SHOWED UP TO WALK.

DRUMS, CHANTS.

>> EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE.

NO HEAT, NO FEAR.

>> Reporter: AND A NEAR CONSTANT STREAM OF PASSING CARS HONKING AND SUPPORT.

DROWNING OUT THE DOZEN MOSTLY SILENT PROTESTERS AND ONE WOMAN WITH A MEGAPHONE.

SANDY'S MAYOR EVEN CAME OUT IN SUPPORT.

KRISTIN STOOD IN THE CROWD, TAKING IN THE SOLIDARITY.

THAT'S A BEAT OF LOVE AND JOY AND INCLUSION.

>> AFTER THE DISCRIMINATION SHE HAS FACED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SHE WAS MOVED.

>> WORDS KIND OF FAMILY AND I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORDS, BUT IS THIS NOT BEAUTIFUL?

>> Reporter: KPBS NEWS.

>>> GRADUATION SEASON IS WRAPPING UP AND ONE RECENT GRADUATE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BENEFITS OF DUAL ENROLLMENT.

KPBS' EDUCATION REPORTER ANGIE PEREZ TELLS US ABOUT AN OPTION GETTING TRACTION FOR THOSE OF US TRYING TO SAVE MONEY AND TIME.

>> Reporter: RIHANNA KNOWS WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT.

SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM MIRAMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE SHE WAS ALSO A MENTOR TO STUDENTS WHO NEED HELP FIGURING OUT HOW THEY WILL MAKE IT TO GRADUATION HERE.

SHE HAS COME A LONG WAY.

>> I WAS ON THE FENCE WITH COLLEGE BECAUSE I WAS NOT LIKE A STRAIGHT A STUDENT.

DOUBTING MYSELF, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOOD FOR ME.

>> Reporter: IN 2020, SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SAPPHIRE SOUND MARCHING BAND.

IN HER SENIOR YEAR, A COUNSELOR SUGGESTED SHE GET A HEADS DART.

BY TAKING COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES THROUGH THE MIRAMAR CAMPUS.

SHE GOT HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AT THE SAME TIME AND DISCOVERED A NEW LOVE FOR LEARNING.

>> ONLY TWO DAYS AND ALSO A LOT OF TIME TO STUDY AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I WAS NOT IN CLASS I COULD DO MY HOMEWORK AND HAVE SO MUCH TIME.

I LIKE THE LAYOUT OF COLLEGE CLASSES, KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT SO YOU ARE KIND OF NOT LIKE GETTING THINGS THROWN AT YOU.

>> TAKING DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES THREE COMMUNITY COLLEGES FREE, THANKS TO STATE FUNDING.

AND FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, THE DISTRICT PAYS FOR ALL TEXTBOOKS.

IT IS A WIN-WIN FOR MORE THAN 1500 JUNIORS AND SENIORS, WHO SPLIT THEIR TIME BETWEEN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND MIRAMAR.

MIRAMAR IS NOT THE ONLY CAMPUS SEEING AN INCREASE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT.

ACROSS THE SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, THERE HAS BEEN A JUMP OF 30% IN JUST THE PAST YEAR.

OF THE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LOOKING TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY.

IT ALSO STREAMLINES THE PROCESS WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTING AND REQUIREMENTS.

>> STUDENTS WERE TAKING AP COURSES AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AN AP TEST IN ORDER TO GET COLLEGE CREDIT IF THEY SCORED A CERTAIN SCORE.

BY TAKING DUAL ENROLLED COURSES, YOU'RE GETTING COLLEGE CREDIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

AS LONG AS YOU PASS THE COURSE, YOU HAVE COLLEGE CREDIT.

>> NATIONWIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 8% EVERY YEAR SINCE THE COVID SHUTDOWN.

COLLEGE PROFESSORS ALSO TRAVELED AT HIGH SCHOOLS TO TEACH COURSES AND ONLINE CLASSES ARE AN OPTION, TOO.

>> HI, GUYS.

WELCOME TO A DAY IN THE LIFE.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, BRIAND IS ALSO SPREADING THE DUAL ENROLLMENT MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALONG WITH HER SUCCESS STORY.

SHE WAS JUST ACCEPTED FOR THE FALL FRESHMAN CLASS OF UCLA, WHERE SHE PLANS TO EARN A BACHELORS DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND MAYBE A MASTERS DEGREE AFTER THAT.

MG PEREZ, KPBS NEWS.

>>> CALIFORNIA CHILDCARE CENTERS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO TEST THEIR WATER FOR LEAD.

MOST LEAD LEVELS ARE WITHIN STATE STANDARDS.

SAFETY STANDARDS.

BUT NOT ALL OF THEM READ ONE SAN DIEGO DAY CARE OPERATION HAD THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN THE STATE.

HERE IS MORE ON HOW TO LOOK AT THE DATA YOURSELF AND WHAT TO DO ONCE YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION.

MORE THAN 130 CHILDCARE CENTERS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAD LEAD LEVELS ABOVE THE STATES BASELINE, FIVE PARTS PER BILLION.

IN CALIFORNIA, 1 AND 4 CENTERS TESTED SO FAR HAD THESE LEVELS.

A NEW INTERACTIVE MAP ON KPBS.ORG LETS PEOPLE LOOK AT THE RESULTS THEMSELVES.

IT HAS DATA THROUGH APRIL FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTERS, FACILITIES THAT FIND THESE HIGH LEVELS MUST CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

A STATE LAW REQUIRED THEM TO TEST FOR LEAD BY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

THE CDC SAYS THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD.

WHAT IF IT IS FOUND IN DRINKING WATER?

WE TALKED TO A MEDICAL TOXICOLOGIST WHO SAYS THERE IS NO SIMPLE ANSWER.

>> IF YOU ARE LIKE, MIKE IT WENT TO THIS DAY CARE FOR TWO MONTHS SIX YEARS AGO AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.

IT IS A CONVERSATION TO ULTIMATELY HAVE WITH YOUR PEDIATRICIAN.

>> DR. JUSTIN SELTZER IS A MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY FELLOW, EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN WITH UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH.

HE SAYS THAT LEAD POISONING THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION USUALLY DOES NOT COME FROM DRINKING WATER, MORE LIKE OLD PAINT AND OTHER TYPES OF PROLONGED EXPOSURE.

HE SAYS IN TOXICOLOGY, THERE IS NOT A TRUE THRESHOLD DOSE FOR WHAT MIGHT CAUSE NEGATIVE EFFECTS FROM INGESTING LEAD.

>> I CANNOT SAY WELL, YOU HAD 87,000 PARTICLES OF LEAD AND THEREFORE, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE.

I CANNOT GET US THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.

WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE LONGER AND MORE INTENSE THE EXPOSURE, THE HIGHER THE LIKELIHOOD YOU WILL DEVELOP THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THOSE ARE NARROW BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES, WHICH YOU MENTIONED.

KIDNEY PROBLEMS, CARDIAC PROBLEMS.

KIDS CAN DEVELOP HEARING ISSUES, DELAYED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIAL LEAD EXPOSURE, THE TOTAL PICTURE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.

HOW LONG SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ASKED POST, DID IT COME FROM A SOURCE OF WATER BUT WAS REGULARLY USED AND WHAT WERE THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE LEVELS?

A PEDIATRICIAN CAN DETERMINE IF A BLOOD DRAWN TEST IS NECESSARY.

>> YOU ARE ONLY IN THE DAYCARE FOR ONE DAY PER MONTH FOR TWO HOURS.

I UNDERSTAND THE DAYCARE IS A PROBLEM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING HUGE EXPOSURE IS LOW AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN GO THERE.

VERSUS EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK THERE WHILE PARENTS WORK AND YOU'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE YOU WERE TWO YEARS OLD AND NOW YOU ARE 4, THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

>> STATE OFFICIALS TOLD KPBS IF A DAYCARE FINDS LEAD LEVELS HIGHER THAN FIVE .5 PARTS PER BILLION, THEY NEED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP USING THE WATER SOURCE.

IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT DRINKING FOUNTAIN, THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO REPLACE IT AND RETEST.

CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES CHILDCARE CENTERS BUILT BEFORE 2010 TO TEST FOR LEAD.

MATT HOFFMAN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> IT IS NOT NEWS THAT SAN DIEGO BEACHES CAN DRAW A CROWD.

NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO ENJOY OUR COASTLINE.

DELMAR IS ESPECIALLY POPULAR AMONG SHARKS.

>> SUN, SAND AND SURF.

THEY ARE POPULAR WITH SWIMMERS AND SURFERS.

SHARKS SEEM TO LIKE THEM, TOO.

TED IS A LOCAL SERVER IN DELMAR.

SURFERS DON'T SEEM TOO CONCERNED ABOUT IT FOR THE MOST PART.

IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, HE HAS NOTICED AN INCREASE IN THE SHARK POPULATION.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT I HAVE NOTICED THEM MORE.

>> WE THINK THE POPULATION IS INCREASING.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A FIELD TECHNICIAN AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH SHARK LAB.

AFTER A TWO-YEAR STUDY USING DRONES TO TRACK SHARKS, HE FOUND THERE ARE MORE SHARKS SWIMMING RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE.

>> I THOUGHT THEY WOULD AVOID PEOPLE.

WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT SHARKS WERE RIGHT AROUND PEOPLE.

>> JUVENILE WHITE SHIRTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN TWO AREAS.

SOUTH SANTA BARBARA COUNTY AND DELMAR.

IN THOSE TWO SHOTS, SHARKS WERE SWIMMING NEXT TO HUMANS AROUND 97% OF THE DAY SURVEYED.

IN DELMAR, IT WAS CLOSER TO 100% OF THE TIME.

THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE IN THE WATER THERE THAN SANTA BARBARA.

>> THE PROBABILITY OF SOME OF THAT MANY SHARKS THAT WE HAD, THE SITE AND FROM THE DRUM, BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A PERSON IN DELMAR WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OTHER SIDE.

>> THE CHANCES OF SWIMMING NEXT ONE IS PRETTY HIGH, BUT WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW WAS HOW HIGH AND HOW MUCH THE SHARKS DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT US.

>> THE THING THAT SURPRISES PEOPLE THE MOST IS THE FACT THAT SHARKS ARE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME, WHETHER YOU SEE THEM OR NOT BUT THEY ARE NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY.

WE ARE NOT ON THE MENU.

WE DON'T POSE A THREAT.

AS A RESULT, THEY KIND OF IGNORE US.

>> BACK IN DELMAR, HE DOES THE SAME WITH SHARKS.

>> THEY DO THEIR THING AND I DO MY THING.

YEAH.

>> THAT IS THE TIP FROM THE EXPERT, DURING THE ENTIRE MONITORING.

FROM 2019 TO 2021, THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF SHARK ATTACKS IN THE SURVEYED AREA.

KPBS NEWS.

>> WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LOOK AT KPBS NEWS THIS WEEK.

I'M MATT HOFFMAN.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US.